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foolhardy - 4 dictionary results

fool⋅har⋅dy

[fool-hahr-dee]
–adjective, -di⋅er, -di⋅est.
recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME folhardy < OF fol hardi. See fool 1 , hardy


fool⋅har⋅di⋅ly, adverb
fool⋅har⋅di⋅ness, noun


impetuous, headlong, heedless, incautious.
fool·har·dy   (fōōl'här'dē)   
adj.   fool·har·di·er, fool·har·di·est
Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash. See Synonyms at reckless.

[Middle English folhardi, from Old French fol hardi : fol, fool; see fool + hardi, bold; see hardy1.]
fool'har'di·ly adv., fool'har'di·ness n.

Foolhardy

Fool"har`dy\, a. [OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy.] Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. --Howell.

Syn: Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
Language Translation for : foolhardy
Spanish: temerario,
German: tollkühn,
Japanese: 向こう見ずな

foolhardy 
c.1225, from fool (n.) + M.E. hardi "bold;" hence "foolishly brave."
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